Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to the UK–EU Agreement in Respect of Gibraltar: Joint Statement on 11 June, whether Gibraltar will be required to align with the EU single market.

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development)

Specific practical arrangements have been agreed on the movement of people and goods to facilitate the removal of immigration and customs checks on people crossing the land border between Gibraltar and the EU. To enable this fluid movement, the Government of Gibraltar has agreed that all goods circulating in Gibraltar will be compliant with EU rules. This will be achieved by imported goods being pre-cleared in the EU before moving to Gibraltar. Movement of services and capital are not in scope of the UK-EU Agreement.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to the UK–EU Agreement in Respect of Gibraltar: Joint Statement on 11 June, whether Gibraltar will have the right to set its own indirect tax rates.

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development)

Yes. Under this Agreement Gibraltar will continue to have freedom to set its own indirect tax rates on the services industries that are critical to its economy and ongoing prosperity. As part of this Agreement, the Government of Gibraltar has chosen to align the rate of its import duty on goods to the minimum rate of Value Added Tax applied in the EU.

Found: Scottish Fishermen’s Federation in relation to the oral evidence given on 24 June (Q169, asked by Lord Frost

Found: present: Lord Ricketts (The Chair); Baroness Anelay of St Johns; Baroness Ashton of Upholland; Lord Frost

Found: Clause 30 LORD FROST LORD WEI 202C_ Clause 30, page 50, line 32, leave out “withdraw the child from